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authorNicolas Hennion <nicolas@nicolargo.com>2013-01-09 22:30:10 +0100
committerNicolas Hennion <nicolas@nicolargo.com>2013-01-09 22:30:10 +0100
commit8eacbf4c54f7e6cd873721d4225cde29ac3ac8a2 (patch)
treea22d4c5ce380dcacd043a6a801070ec00937e334
parenteb2ccb78266c26daa48ca11863aef22291045f01 (diff)
Add remarks on IOWait limits
-rw-r--r--glances/conf/glances.conf12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/glances/conf/glances.conf b/glances/conf/glances.conf
index e8948bf2..9a8712b1 100644
--- a/glances/conf/glances.conf
+++ b/glances/conf/glances.conf
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ system_careful=50
system_warning=70
system_critical=90
# Limits values for CPU iowait in %
-# Defaults values if not defined: 40/60/80
-iowait_careful=40
-iowait_warning=60
-iowait_critical=80
+# Defaults values if not defined: TO BE DONE
+# If your I/O wait percentage is greater than (1/# of CPU cores)
+# then your CPUs are waiting a significant amount of time for the
+# disk subsystem to catch up.
+# Source: http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2011/02/10/understanding-disk-i-o-when-should-you-be-worried
+iowait_careful=15
+iowait_warning=25
+iowait_critical=35
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# Value * Core